See Also: cognate(medicine)
cognate(dictionary)
cognate 1, adjective(dictionary)
cognate 2, noun(dictionary)

cognate (iou)



cognate adjective & noun. E17.
[Latin cognatus, formed as CO- + gnatus born.]
A. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to kinship; descended from a common ancestor. E17.
b. spec. Linguistics. Of the same linguistic family; representing the same original word or root; of parallel development in different allied languages (as English father, German Vater, Latin pater). E19.
B. Cottle Broom is cognate with Bramble, so the word must have something to do with spikiness.
2. Akin in origin, nature, or quality. M17.
J. Goad Comets and Fiery Meteors are cognate. B. Jowett Geometry and the cognate sciences.
Special collocations: cognate accusative, cognate object Grammar a direct object whose meaning is not distinct from that of its verb (live a good life = live virtuously).
B. noun.
1. Chiefly Law. A person related by blood to another; esp. a relative on the mother's side; in pl., descendants of a common ancestor. M18.
2. A cognate word. M19.
cognately adverb M20.
cognateness noun E19.
cognatic adjective of, pertaining to, or reckoned through cognates (COGNATE noun 1) M18.